APDG represents designers and their associates in screen, live performance,
events and digital production across Australia

APDG Aims

The Australian Production Design Guild was established in 2009 as a non-profit organisation that aims to:

  • Represent designers and their associates in screen, live performance, events and digital production across Australia.
  • Recognise and nurture excellence in design through awards, mentoring and accreditation.
  • Raise the profile of stage and screen design and facilitate a vibrant design community.

APDG National Executive

The National Executive is the governing body of the APDG. Up to 12 members are elected to the National Executive by the APDG membership at the AGM. The formulation of the National Executive is designed to enable stable, effective, and representative governance and to further the aims of the Guild. Positions on the National Executive are identified for proportional representation of screen, live performance, emerging and digital production designers from all states and territories.

The National Executive elects three to five of its members as Directors, who oversee compliance of the APDG with statutory obligations.

Any member of the APDG may bring concerns or ideas to the National Executive by contacting any of the Executive members, the APDG Business Manager, Operational or State Liaison personnel or at a grass roots level through either the Screen or Live Performance Committees.

APDG Directors

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President
Michael Scott-Mitchell APDG

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Fiona Donovan APDG

Stephen Curtis APDG

Stephen Curtis APDG

Michael Rumpf APDG

Michael Rumpf APDG

George Liddle

George Liddle APDG

National Executive

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President
Michael Scott-Mitchell APDG

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Vice President
Fiona Donovan APDG

Michael Rumpf APDG

Treasurer
Michael Rumpf APDG

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National Screen Representative
Jo Briscoe APDG

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National Screen Representative
Emma Fletcher

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National Screen Joint Representative
Erin Roche

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National Screen Joint Representative
Ross Wallace APDG

Stephen Curtis APDG

National Live Performance Representative
Stephen Curtis APDG

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National Live Performance Joint Representative
Ben Hughes APDG

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National Live Performance Joint Representative
Christina Smith

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National Emerging Designer Screen Joint Representative
Emily Jansz

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National Emerging Designer Screen Joint Representative
Lauren Kheir

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National Emerging Designer Live Performance Joint Representative
Madeleine Barlow

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National Emerging Designer Live Performance Joint Representative
Isabel Hudson

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National Emerging Designer Live Performance Joint Representative
Cris Baldwin

State Liaison Officers - Live Performance

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Queensland
Ben Hughes APDG

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Victoria
Christina Smith

Stephen Curtis APDG

New South Wales
Stephen Curtis APDG

State Liaison Officers - Screen

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Queensland
Dylan Schenkeveld

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Queensland
Helen O’Loan

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Victoria
Jo Briscoe APDG

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New South Wales
Fiona Donovan APDG

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Western Australia
Emma Fletcher

Michael Rumpf APDG

South Australia
Michael Rumpf APDG

Operational Positions

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Online Representative
Daniel Willis

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MENTORAPDG Coordinator
(Live Performance)
Tobhiyah Stone Feller

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MENTORAPDG Coordinator (Screen)
Lien See Leong

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Education Representative
Liz Keogh Palmer APDG

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ASIG Representative
Natalie Beak

Courtney

Advocacy Representative
Courtney Westbrook

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Diversity Joint Representative
Wei Guo

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Diversity Joint Representative
Alfonso Coronel

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Diversity Joint Representative
Reilly O’Loughlin

Staff

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Business Manager
Rebecca Whittington

A Volunteer Organisation

The APDG is predominantly a volunteer run organisation. Many members generously give their time to make the design community stronger. If you would like to be involved by joining a working group, taking on an operational or state liaison position or lead a new initiative, please contact our Business Manager or a member of the National Executive.